Old Castle Street runs north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street, the southern section of which incorporates the former Castle Alley, murder site of Ripper victim Alice McKenzie.

Castle Alley appears (though unnamed) in maps as early as 1676, joining Castle Street via a narrow passage to Whitechapel High Street. By the mid-18th century, Castle Street had been given the ’Old’ prefix and the future Castle Alley was known as ’Moses and Aaron Alley’ a name it appears to have kept until c.1800. In 1830, it appears as ’Castle Court’. The name Castle Alley was certainly in use by the mid-19th century.

The Whitechapel Wash House (built 1846-51 in Goulston Street) backed onto Castle Alley, which at this time was extremely narrow and entered via a covered archway from Whitechapel High Street. Castle Alley was lined on its west side by warehouses and the Wash House and on its east side by smaller properties. The confluence of the alley and Old Castle Street took the form of a sharp bend which was to be the site of the Old Castle Street Board School, built 1873. The narrowest part of the alley was also earmarked for widening in 1876 as part of the Cross Act (a slum clearance scheme).

The body of Jack the Ripper victim Alice McKenzie was found on the west side of Castle Alley by PC Walter Andrews at 12.50am om 17 July 1889, lying near some market traders’ carts, just to the south of the Wash House.

Soon after the murder (1890), properties on the east side at the junction with with Whitechapel High Street were demolished, although there were still concerns as to the narrowness of the entrance in the 1900s. It was properly widened c.1908.

By 1916 it had been renamed as part of Old Castle Street. By the 1930s, the Board School had been replaced by LCC flats (Herbert House) and a walkway had been constructed across the street as part of the Brooke Bond tea warehouses on the west side.

War damage on the eastern side led to the redevelopment of adjacent Newcastle Street and other small thoroughfares, resulting in the construction of the New Holland estate (Bradbury House, Ladbroke House and Denning Point) between 1965 and 1971

If you authorise our The Undeground Map Facebook app by clicking the Facebook logo at the top right of the screen, you can add stories, photos and more to this location.Note that the Undeground Map Facebook app does not post to Facebook on your behalf.

Third Grade Homework

Added: 15 Mar 2018 14:39 GMT

Expires: 14 Apr 2018 14:39 GMT

IP: 46.161.9.56

3:1:25394

Post by Third Grade Homework : Back Church Lane, E1research paper research paper college research paper hypothesis research paper

Jan

Added: 15 Mar 2018 09:39 GMT

Expires: 14 Apr 2018 09:39 GMT

IP: 92.30.46.73

3:2:25394

Post by Jan: Kerbela Street, E2My grandparents lived in Kerbela Street many years ago when they were terraced houses. My memory of the street is one long street with these strange wrought iron things outside - which I now know as boot scrapers. The house inside was fairly large, but I was a child. Loo was outside. Shame they knocked the terraces down and build a huge housing estate, but that?s progress I suppose. Does anyone know the origin of the name Kerbela?

Premium Assignments

Added: 1 Mar 2018 02:28 GMT

Expires: 31 Mar 2018 02:28 GMT

IP: 46.161.9.56

3:3:25394

Post by Premium Assignments : Back Church Lane, E1research paper research paper research paper a research paper

LDNnews

Added: 19 Mar 2018 22:00 GMT

Expires: 2 Apr 2018 22:00 GMT

IP:

4:4:25394

Post by LDNnews: Cannon StreetPolice given power to arrest and ban anyone caught street gambling - but only for 48 hours

Police were given new powers to arrest and ban people caught begging, street gambling and selling fake perfumes - but only for two days.

Post by LDNnews: Bethnal GreenFA Cup semi-final draw in full: Manchester United vs Tottenham, Chelsea vs SouthamptonTottenham and Manchester United will face off at Wembley for a place in the FA Cup final, with Chelsea and Southampton competing in the other clash.

Post by LDNnews: BermondseyTo Be ... To Become - Waterloo Festival writing competitionThe organisers of the Waterloo Festival are inviting submissions to their writing competition on the theme of ’To Be ... To Become’.

Post by LDNnews: Cannon StreetDon’t let soggy bottoms or burnt crusts stop you enjoying Cupcake DayAlzheimer’s Society is excited to announce the return of its deliciously indulgent Cupcake Day on June 14, 2018. We’re urging people in Harrow to join us with families, friends and colleagues by baking or buying cupcakes to raise vital funds for research and services.

Post by LDNnews: Bethnal GreenManchester United vs Brighton LIVE latest score: FA Cup 2017-18 goal updates, TV and how to follow online, team news and line-ups at Old TraffordUnited's last chance for silverware this season

Post by LDNnews: Cannon StreetLiverpool vs Manchester City in all-English Champions League quarter-finalLiverpool will face Manchester City in an all-English Champions League quarter-final after the two knocked out Porto and Basel in the round of 16, respectively.

The area straddles Commercial Street and is home to several markets, including the historic Old Spitalfields Market, and various Brick Lane Markets on Brick Lane and Cheshire Street. Petticoat Lane Market lies on the area's south-western boundaries.

The name Spitalfields appears in the form Spittellond in 1399; as The spitel Fyeld on the 16th-century Civitas Londinium map associated with Ralph Agas. The land belonged to St Mary Spital, a priory or hospital erected on the east side of the Bishopsgate thoroughfare in 1197, and the name is thought to derive from this. An alternative, and possibly earlier, name for the area was Lolsworth.

After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Spitalfields was inhabited by prosperous French Huguenot silk weavers. In the early 19th century their descendants were reduced to a deplorable condition due to the competition of the Manchester textile factories and the area began to deteriorate into crime-infested slums. The spacious and handsome Huguenot houses were divided up into tiny dwellings which were rented by poor families of labourers, who sought employment in the nearby docks.

The area has recently attracted a IT-literate younger population.

LOCATIONS ON THE UNDERGROUND MAP

18 Folgate Street: Dennis Severs' House in Folgate Street is a 'still-life drama' created by the previous owner as an 'historical imagination' of what life would have been like inside for a family of Huguenot silk weavers.Aldgate: Aldgate was a gateway through London Wall from the City of London to Whitechapel and the East End.Aldgate East: In a land east of Aldgate, lies the land of Aldgate East...Aldgate Pump: Aldgate Pump is a historic water pump, located at the junction where Aldgate meets Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Street.Boar’s Head Theatre: The Boar’s Head Theatre was an inn-yard theatre in the Whitechapel area.Fenchurch Street: Fenchurch Street railway station is a central London railway terminus in the southeastern corner of the City of London. It is one of the smallest railway termini in London but in terms of platforms, one of the most intensively operated.Goodman’s Fields Theatre: Two 18th century theatres bearing the name Goodman’s Fields Theatre were located on Alie Street, Whitechapel.Great Synagogue of London: The Great Synagogue of London was, for centuries, the centre of Ashkenazi synagogue and Jewish life in London. It was destroyed during World War II, in the Blitz.Portsoken: Portsoken is one of 25 wards in the City of London, each electing an alderman to the Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a councillor) elected to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation. Spitalfields: Spitalfields is near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane.St Botolph’s: St. Botolph’s without Aldgate, located on Aldgate High Street, has existed for over a thousand years.

PHOTOS OF THE AREA

London in 1457: Goulston Street is a thoroughfare running north-south from Wentworth Street to Whitechapel High Street.Wentworth Street (1901): Turn-of-the-century fashion in east London.

Cruchley's New Plan of London Shewing all the new and intended improvements to the Present Time. - Cruchley's Superior Map of London, with references to upwards of 500 Streets, Squares, Public Places & C. improved to 1848: with a compendium of all Place of Public Amusements also shewing the Railways & Stations.

John Rocque (c. 1709–1762) was a surveyor, cartographer, engraver, map-seller and the son of Huguenot émigrés.
Roque is now mainly remembered for his maps of London. This map dates from the second edition produced in 1762. London and his other maps brought him an appointment as cartographer to the Prince of Wales in 1751. His widow continued the business after his death.
The map covers central London at a reduced level of detail compared with his 1745-6 map.

Engraved map. Hand coloured.
Insets: A view of the Tower from London Bridge -- A view of London from Copenhagen Fields. Includes views of facades of 25 structures "A comparison of the principal buildings of London."

COPYRIGHT TERMS:
Unless a source is explicitedly stated, text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;
additional terms may apply. Articles may be a remixes of various Wikipedia articles plus work by the website authors - original Wikipedia source can generally be accessed under the same name as the main title. This does not affect its Creative Commons attribution.

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

Maps upon this website are in the public domain because they are mechanical scans of public domain originals, or - from the available evidence - are so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The originals themselves are in public domain for the following reason:

Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse

Maps used are in the public domain in the United States, and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or less.

This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag.